Biography

Having been a composer and a performer since an early age, David attended the Manhattan School of Music and Crane School of Music in New York with a major in Electronic Music Composition and Recording. David came to California in 1980, where he worked his way up as a studio assistant/vault manager, sound recordist, and sound editor, learning the art of sound for picture at Compact Video. David began mixing solo in 1984 and soon became one of the "go-to" mixers for music on television. During this period, David won six Emmy Awards with 38 nominations; his first for Andre Previn and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, to a Dolly, Kenny, and Willie music special. In a move towards his goal to mix feature films, David worked at Larson Studios in 1991. There, he mixed movies for television, hour-long dramatic series, and feature films. In 1996, David moved to TODD-AO Studios. There, David won three more Emmys, 1 CAS Award, and 5 Golden Reels. David then transitioned to mixing feature films full time. In 2004, David was invited to Walt Disney Studios' Stage A, gaffing a two-mixer feature film stage. Working with Disney's Feature Animation and Live-Action divisions has provided him with a wide range of film genres. During this time, David has developed many close relationships with directors, picture editors, sound editors, composers, and music editors. IN 20122-2012 David researched and developed the Atmos workflows for Disney Studios and has continued to refine this for Disney Animation films. David also gives frequent lecture demonstrations about postproduction sound mixing for film. Participants include studio executives, film students, high school students, and others. He has to date won 9 Emmys, 5 CAS Awards, and numerous other sound nominations and acknowledgments. He enjoys baseball, swimming, computers, ham radio (KC6MEW), water skiing, and running. He is a former governor of the Sound Branch of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; a member of the Cinema Audio Society Board of Directors since 1986, and elected CAS President for two terms in 2012; David is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Sound Branch. Information above via their homepage.

Most Famous Work

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Moana 2

(2024) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Out of This World

(1987) Sound Mixer

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North and South

(1985) Sound Mix Technician

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Zootopia

(2016) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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The Founder

(2016) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Big Hero 6

(2014) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Tangled

(2010) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Magic City

(2012) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Acting

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2027	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Frozen III 2027-11-24 Movie
2025	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Zootopia 2 2025-11-26 Movie
2024	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Moana 2 2024-11-21 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Descendants: The Rise of Red 2024-07-11 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tiger 2024-04-21 Movie
2023	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Once Upon a Studio 2023-09-24 Movie
2022	Sound Supervisor	Strange World 2022-11-23 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. 2022-09-02 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Sneakerella 2022-05-11 Movie
2021	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Far from the Tree 2021-11-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Encanto 2021-10-13 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Raya and the Last Dragon 2021-03-03 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Little Things 2021-01-28 Movie
2020	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Unpregnant 2020-09-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Zenimation 2020-05-22 TV Show
2019	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Good Boys 2019-08-14 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Descendants 3 2019-08-02 Movie
2018	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Smallfoot 2018-09-20 Movie
2017	Sound Mixer	Jane 2017-12-28 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Olaf's Frozen Adventure 2017-10-27 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Descendants 2 2017-07-21 Movie
2016	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Founder 2016-11-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again 2016-10-20 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Moana 2016-10-13 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Zootopia 2016-02-11 Movie
2015	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Descendants 2015-07-31 Movie
2014	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast 2014-12-12 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Big Hero 6 2014-10-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return 2014-05-08 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy 2014-02-13 Movie
2013	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Teen Beach Movie 2013-08-07 Movie
2012	Sound Mixer	Paperman 2012-11-02 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Wreck-It Ralph 2012-11-01 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Secret of the Wings 2012-08-17 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Magic City 2012-03-30 TV Show
2011	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Pixie Hollow Games 2011-12-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice 2011-12-05 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	30 Minutes or Less 2011-08-11 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Lemonade Mouth 2011-04-15 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Winnie the Pooh 2011-04-06 Movie
2010	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tangled 2010-11-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue 2010-07-29 Movie
2009	Sound Mixer	Prep & Landing 2009-12-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Princess and the Frog 2009-12-08 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Surrogates 2009-09-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure 2009-09-03 Movie
	Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Uninvited 2009-01-30 Movie
2008	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Bolt 2008-11-21 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	College Road Trip 2008-03-07 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert 2008-02-01 Movie
2007	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Enchanted 2007-11-20 Movie
2006	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Black Snake Moan 2006-12-31 Movie
2005	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Chicken Little 2005-11-04 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Great Raid 2005-08-12 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Red Eye 2005-08-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Pacifier 2005-03-04 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Cursed 2005-02-25 Movie
2004	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Last Shot 2004-09-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Alamo 2004-04-07 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Against the Ropes 2004-02-20 Movie
2003	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Recruit 2003-01-31 Movie
2002	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Windtalkers 2002-06-14 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The New Guy 2002-05-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Clockstoppers 2002-03-29 Movie
2001	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2001-12-14 Movie
2000	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Thirteen Days 2000-12-25 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Urban Legends: Final Cut 2000-09-22 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Screwed 2000-05-12 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Where the Heart Is 2000-04-27 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	It Had to Be You 2000-02-11 Movie
1999	Sound Recordist	Dick 1999-08-04 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999-06-30 Movie
1998	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Permanent Midnight 1998-09-16 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	When Trumpets Fade 1998-06-27 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Paulie 1998-04-17 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Virtual Obsession 1998-02-01 Movie
1997	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	12 Angry Men 1997-08-17 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tell Me No Secrets 1997-01-20 Movie
1996	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Two Mothers for Zachary 1996-09-22 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Sweet Dreams 1996-09-15 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Her Desperate Choice 1996-09-14 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Remembrance 1996-09-02 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Soul of the Game 1996-04-20 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	If Looks Could Kill 1996-02-06 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Babysitter's Seduction 1996-01-22 Movie
1995	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	A Stranger in Town 1995-03-29 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	See Jane Run 1995-01-08 Movie
1994	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	She Led Two Lives 1994-11-20 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Family Album 1994-10-23 TV Show
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Is There Life Out There? 1994-10-09 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Getting Out 1994-04-25 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Web of Deception 1994-04-25 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	David's Mother 1994-04-10 Movie
1993	Sound	Darkness Before Dawn 1993-02-15 Movie
1991	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Wildflower 1991-12-03 Movie
1987	Sound Mixer	Out of This World 1987-09-17 TV Show
1985	Sound Mix Technician	North and South 1985-11-03 TV Show
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2019	Post Producer	Puddles 2019-08-12 Movie
	Post Producer	Exchange Student 2019-06-14 Movie
	Post Producer	Just a Thought 2019-06-14 Movie
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